. Bird-lore . r^-. A SUMMER VISITOR (CHIPPING SPARROW)Photographed by Joseph W. Lippincott, Bethayres, Pa. (175) The Migration of North American Sparrows rVVENTY-EIGHTH PAPERCompiled by Prof. W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey With drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes(See Frontispiece) BACHMANS SPARROW Though technically considered a subspecies, Bachmans Sparrow {Peuccta(tstivaUs bachmani) has a wider distribution and is better known than the typespecies, the Pine-woods Sparrow (Peucaa cBstivalis astivalis). The latter isonly slightly migratory, breeding in a restricted area
. Bird-lore . r^-. A SUMMER VISITOR (CHIPPING SPARROW)Photographed by Joseph W. Lippincott, Bethayres, Pa. (175) The Migration of North American Sparrows rVVENTY-EIGHTH PAPERCompiled by Prof. W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey With drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes(See Frontispiece) BACHMANS SPARROW Though technically considered a subspecies, Bachmans Sparrow {Peuccta(tstivaUs bachmani) has a wider distribution and is better known than the typespecies, the Pine-woods Sparrow (Peucaa cBstivalis astivalis). The latter isonly slightly migratory, breeding in a restricted area from southern Georgiato central Florida, and wintering from the southern part of the breeding-groundsto southern Florida. It is probable that the short migration journey is per-formed in late February and early March, and by the end of this latter monththe species is settled in its summer home. Bachmans Sparrow is an example of a bird that is apparently extendingits range. Within recent years it has become common l
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